by Sinead Rhodes | Mar 17, 2026 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, For Teacher & Educators, Research
Many parents are quietly facing a really difficult challenge right now. A child or teenager who doesn’t want to go to school. This comes about because something about school feels overwhelming, unsafe, or distressing. This experience is commonly referred to as...
by Sinead Rhodes | Mar 14, 2026 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, Research
EPIC Think Learn are currently running a programme of activities focused on supporting parents of neurodivergent children and teenagers with school. Many parents are quietly facing a really difficult challenge right now. A child or teenager who doesn’t want to go to...
by Sinead Rhodes | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, For Teacher & Educators, Research
This blog was written by Shipei Wang, Tracy Stewart and Sinead Rhodes based on research they have recently published. When we think of ADHD, we often focus on attention and activity levels, such as the challenges of staying still, concentrating, or finishing tasks....
by Sinead Rhodes | Oct 1, 2025 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, Private Webinars, Research
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is seen when a child avoids everyday demands and requests to an extreme level. This can mean not or only part attending school, missing social events or complete refusal to initiate common everyday tasks in the home or at school....
by Epic Think Learn | Feb 24, 2025 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, For Teacher & Educators, Research
This post was written by Meghan Perez-Keepax as part of a placement on the Masters in Science Communication at the University of Edinburgh The image of the sleep deprived teen, struggling to get up in the morning, but active late into the night is so common it is...
by Epic Think Learn | Feb 21, 2025 | Featured, For Parents & Caregivers, For Teacher & Educators, Uncategorised
This post was written by Āine Singleton on a placement as part of the MSc in Science Communication at the University of Edinburgh “How was school?” “Fine.” That all too familiar conversation takes place in homes all over the world daily. But what if we could dig a bit...
